Radiator



C. C. MANKER. RADIATOR. APPLlATloN FILED APR.5, 1911. nENEwEDMAY19.1920.

1 ,344,422 Patented June 22, 1920.

Afro/MHS UNITED fsg-TATES PATENT OFFICE.

OHAItLES CAREY MAN'KER', or OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA, A'SSIGNOR or ONE-HALF Tof y MURRAY J. MORLEY, or PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA. y

` RADIATOR.

specificati@ of Letters Patent,v yPatented June 22,1920.

Application meti Apriis, 1917, serial No. 160,036.Y A,lteneweti'may19,1920. serial No. 382,686.

To all whom it may concern Be known that I,

State of Oklahoma, have invented a new and Improved Radiator, of whichthe' following is a full, clear, and exact, description. y

This invention relates to radiators and has for an object the provisionof an 1m-y proved construction whereby oil or gas maintain a steampressure in yradiators byy the useof a burner maintaining a flame inM acasing fitting into the radiator.

A still further object of theinvention is to provide ak heating elementinA connection withy a radiator for heating water therein and meansvactuated by the steam in the radiator for controlling the volume to theheating element so as to produce automatically a uniform heat. f

In the accompanying drawing:

The ligure is a longitudinal verticalrsectional view through a radiatorwith an embodiment of the invention applied thereto, saidembodimentbeing partly in section for better illustrating the construction. y

i Referring yto the accompanyingL drawing bynumerals, V1 indicates partofthe radiator, the samefbeing` formed from kany desired numberl ofsections 2 and 3.connected together in the usual manner. a Arranged-inthe Opening 41 at the bottom of the sections 2 and3 is a tubular memberor pipe 5 thread-k edf'iinto the sleeve 6 at one end and to the elbow 7`at the opposite end. The elbow"7 discharges into a container orexhausttank 8 having suitable openings 9,v atthe top. The container ortank 8 mayk be empty Or may be supplied with materialk for neutralizing.the gases and burnt productsr of combustion passing lthrough theelbowf?.

The sleeve v6 is not only threaded on to the pipe, but into the section2 ofradiator 1 and carries a housing 10 havingan air opens ing 11 whichis clamped in position by the fitting j 12. /Fitting 12 isprovided with'a plurality of openings 13 foradmitting air,

CHAnLEs `CARFJ-rv MANIIER, a citizen of theUnited States, and a residentof Oklahoma, inthe county and the volume of air admittedbeing controlledby a washer 14 threaded on 15 of fitting 12.`

A'burner 16 is threaded in ythe extension to the extension 15 so as toproject' a short distance into the pipe 5said burner being providedkwith a centrally arranged tube 17 formed with a n' bell-shaped opening18 for receiving air and the'pilot Haine yproduced by the tip vr19. By

providing pipe 1'( centrally of the burner 16 an annular' gas kchamber20 is` produced which discharges gas through a wire mesh.

covering 21, said gas being ignited by the `Haine through pipe 17 fromthertip 19. -As

the flame is projected from the wire mesh covering 21 air is mixedtherewith which venters the opening 13 and thereby produces Awater isprovided throughthe filling plug 23 to maintainL a proper amount ofsteam in the radiator and approximatelyfthequantity of water shown inthe drawing so that the tubeV 15 will always be submerged to a certain'extent. By providing a heating member of this kind arranged as just'described, andV meansk for' neutralizing kthe burnt gases in thechamber 8, substantially all of the heat is transmitted to the water 22and from thence is caused to heat the radiator 1 through the action ofthe steam thereon .so that a genuine steam heatingv effectis produced. yy A Any desired fuelmay be used,fas for instance, oil or gas, thestructureshown in the drawing being adapted for gas which is i suppliedthrough pipe 24, which Ypipevmay have a shut-off cock or valve arrangedtherein-if desired. -Tlie gas through pipe 24 enters into theglobularinember 25 above the diaphragmf26, .which diaphragm may be Ofanymaterial, as for instance, metal, and

^ clamped in ,position by the various bolts 27 which clamp.v the upperand lower sections of the globular member 25together. The

upperv section28 of the globularmember 25 is provided with apassageway`29 and a depending tubular member 30 which is nor` mally heldopen by a spring 31 and the pressure of gas from pipe 24. A threadedmember 32 -is provided` for adjusting` the tension of the spring 3l soas to maintain the same open even against a considerable pressure ofsteam.

Vhen the device is first started the parts assume the position shown inthe drawing and gas will pass from pipe 24 into section 28 andV fromthence through the notch 33, and, in fact, the entire bottom part oftubular member 30, into the passageway 29 and from thence into pipe 34.provided in order that a small quantity of gas may be admitted into pipe34 even when `there is a high pressure of steam so that the burner willnot be entirely extinguished at any time. il B-way valve is interposedin pipe 34; so that when the same is positioned as shown in the drawinggas may freelypass through the by-pass 36 to the tip 19 for maintainingthe pilot light, but the main supply is shut off from the usual airmixture and the burner 16. However, whenV the main passageway 38 ofvalve A35 f registers with the pipe 3l the pilot will be maintainedlighted and gas will' be supplied to the chamber 20, a proper mixturebeing produced by the usual airvmixer' 37. The provision of this airmixer-will allow the gas to properly burn while the air from openingsllisfor the purposefof supplying additional air in which the flame ismaintained. i

Then the device has been used vfor someV the lower surface of thetubular member 30 when the predetermined pressure has been produced,whereby the gas pressure Vfrom Vpipe 24 and the spring 3l will beovercome.

This will not fully shut off the gas by reason ofthe notch 33 but willreduce 'the flame to such an extent that therewillbe comparativelylittle heat produced so that the steam will be automatically reduced inpres sure as the parts cool. y

i In order to completely obviate any pos# sibledanger a blonhoff orrelief valve 43 is provided which may be set to automatically open atany desired pressure. Arranged at abonvenient point is the usual airvalve 44* forl allowing the lescape of lair during the first, part ofthe heating of the radiator. The upper part of the sections of theradia-h tor may be connected by short sections of pipeif desired, sothat air may pass from The notch 33 is one section to the other andfinally out valve 44, or the water level may be suiciently. low to allowthe air to pass from one section to the other as is common in ordinaryradiators now in use.

lVhat I claim is: l

l. In a heating attachment for radiators, a heating tube extendingthrough the lower part ofthe radiator, means'at the end of the tubeconnecting the tube with the radiator,

said tube being open at one'end, an aper` tured cap" fitting over' saidopening, said apertured cap having a plurality of openi ings near thesides and a large central opening, means for regulating the amount ofair passing through said first mentioned `openings, a tubular burnerarranged in said second mentioned opening, having a central passagewayextending therethrough, means for projecting a small quantity of gasthrough said passageway for presenting' a pilot-light, a gas mixer forsupplying said tubular burner with a combustible gas, manuallycontrollable means controlling the gas t0 said mixer and to saidpilot-light, and an automaticcontrolling means controlling the gassupplied to said manually controlling means.

` 2. A heating attachment for radiators, comprising a tube extendingthrough the lower part of the radiator, an exhausttank` connected withone end of the tube, means at the other end of the tube for 'regulatingthe admission of air into the tube, a tubular burner projecting into thesaid tube and having a centrally arranged tube whose outer end isbell-shaped, a mixer connected with the burner, a pipe connectedwiththemixer, said pipe being provided with a branch pipe leading to thebell-shaped end of the tube ofthe burnerV and having a burner tip, avalve in the first named pipe and controlling the passage of theueltherethrough and through the branch pipe, and an automaticcontrolling means for controlling the supply of gas to the pipe `inwhich the valve is located.

3. uIn aheating attachment for radiators,

a tube extending through the lower part-of.

the radiator, a fitting secured on one end of the tube and having atubular and exter nelly threaded extension, said fitting being providedwith a plurality of air openings, a disk like member'screwing ontheiextension of the fitting and controlling the passage of air throughthe openings of the fitting, a

.tubulariburner secured in the extensionV of the fitting and having acentrally arranged passage, a burner tip at said passage, automaticmeans for controlling the supply of gas to the iburneigand manuallyoperable means, for controlling the supply of* gas to the burner tip. f

' CHARLES CAREYLMANKER.

